Testing Shoe Leather at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1939
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-135, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2015-004746
Everett Leland Wallace (1888-1974), of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, demonstrates a "walking machine" that tests the leather uppers of shoes. The machine simulated the flexing of a shoe as a person walked in it.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-135, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2015-004746
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 06-135 [SIA2015-004746]
Photographic prints; 8 x 10